On the eve of the Republican national nominating convention, Former President Trump has picked freshman Ohio Senator JD Vance, a one-time critic, to be his running mate. There is an element of generational balance; Vance is 39, Trump is 78. Ideologically, Vance who was endorsed by Trump in the 2022 Senate election, is very much aligned on policy. Finally, while Ohio is considered generally to be a safe Republican state, Trump did allude to a broader swing-state appeal, writing on social media, that as Vice President Vance  … will be strongly focused on the people he fought so brilliantly for, the American Workers and Farmers in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Minnesota, and far beyond.”  Before being electe...